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How “founder mode” trended on Hacker News

“Founder mode” was mentioned 1,273 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Aug 2024 with 204 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “founder mode” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “founder mode”

1. 1.Founder Mode 1,330 points · 735 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Founder Mode, hackers, and being bored by tech 385 points · 222 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Fuck founder mode. Work in "Fuck off mode" 227 points · 89 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Launch HN: SigNoz (YC W21) – Open-source alternative to DataDog 226 points · 83 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Launch HN: Enso (YC S21) – Visual programming and workflow automation tool 205 points · 54 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Show HN: GPT image editing, but for 3D models 188 points · 85 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Ask YC: Startup crisis. Out of money and tech co-founder has bailed. 129 points · 232 comments · 2008 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Launch HN: Station (YC W18) – One place for all your web apps 107 points · 123 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
9. 9.What is "founder mode"? 88 points · 65 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Why "founder mode" is a rebranding for micromanaging, top-down leaders 77 points · 27 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
11. 11.The Founder Mode Tradeoff – By Kent Beck 77 points · 54 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ask HN: Solo founder and MVP. New co-founder equity split? 52 points · 63 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN

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